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Wednesday, December 07, 2005

It's The Freighters, Osama

Osama Bits Aflyin' is reported to be alive and well and fighting the good fight. Frankly, I am surprised that transoceanic shipping has not been attacked. A fine way to throw a spanner into the western economies is to screw with the costs of shipping, throwing the onshore/offshore manufacturing equilibrium out of whack. Insurance premiums are a fine lever. A few mega-freighters stacked with high value finished goods sent to the bottom would do just that. And think of the dizzying costs of naval monitoring and escorting.